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Most Democratic
FOUND by Chris Rees
in Hobart, Australia
I found this in a phone box in Sandy Bay in 1988, and its been in a scrapbook ever since. Its written on the back of a flyer for a candidate in the state election. Interesting how he/she feels the need to go CAPS halfway through.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
Is today down under day?
I'm Eric J Hayes, and I approve this message, Mite.
let's hear it for the antipodes!
Love the switch from happy cursive discourse to shouting caps.
Using Israel as the yard stick of democracy? Interesting choice. I'm sure Australian democracy is very good, but they could have set their standards for comparison a little higher.
good point, effie. I wonder what criteria they used to determine "most democratic".
"Tom Cruise is the best actor in the world. Compare to JULIAN SANDS in BOXING HELENA WHERE THE ACTING IS SO FRIGHTENINGLY BAD THAT IT BECOMES A SIMULTANEOUS PLEASURE AND TORMENT TO WATCH"
@Effie: Excellent analogy!
I think they went to all caps towards the end for one of two reasons:
1.) They were yelling the last bit.
2.) It's easier for them to write in all caps.
I think its #2 though. I think that originally the author wanted to write it nice and neatly but as they poured their heart out they got a bit caught up in the emotion and subconsciously turned to their habit of writing in all caps.
@Australian not in New Zealand from the comments on this morning's "Tarts in the Neighbourhood" find:
'Israel army'? 'aresting'? 'hundred of Palestinians'?
Don't they teach orthography and grammar in Australian schools any more? (Or was this written by one of those Asian tarts?)
Looks like notes for an oral report. Maybe the caps signify where they're supposed to give the presentation a little more heart.
I agree with Winston and a bit with Christina. It's easier to read your notes for whatever in caps than in cursive--even your own cursive! Maybe it was the basis of a question in a candidate's Q and A session with the audience? Shouting isn't the way to go there, mate--it'll just get you escorted out.
Is Palestine or the lack thereof a burning issue in Australia? I honestly don't know, so I'm asking.
Wow marijuana, prostuutes, now politics what's next religion.
oops, prostitues.
I'm thinking that compared to countries in such turmoil, such as those--pretty much every democratic country comes up aces.
Shelly, this can fall under religion as well. They be fightin' over holy land, yo!
oh, i get it. 420. not just drugs, but hitler's birthday as well.
Hobart! I've lived there.
Oh Effie... I haven't thought about that movie in so long... It's so bad it's almost good!
@ Snarky
I am gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that just because this was found in Australia it may not have been written by an Australian, possible sure but not definate. I have an image of some geographically challenged, slighty randon foreign correspondant hunched in a phone box (1988, no mobile or 'cell' phones)complete with grubby trench coat tearing of on some slightly squu-iff tangent about democratic process and due to the enormous skinful of booze consumed the night before in one of our fabulous pubs he kinda lost the plot....just a thought, of course he may have just been an Australian who can't spell and was pissed anyway...It happens. Of course the mere idea of Tasmania may confuse the americans amongst us as in fact it is separated from the Australian mainland by ocean yet is still the same country....odd.
Baby Basil....The Israel/ Palestine situation is a 'burning' issue in most of the world I imagine....perhaps not as much as actually there but we are certainly aware of it in Australia.
well, whenever the subject of Israel comes up THERE'S ALWAYS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WILL START TO SHOUT AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS MIT DER HAIR VAVING UND DER FINGER GEPOINTING UND DER SHPITTZLE GE SHPITZEN ABOUT DER JOOS UND DER BAD VAYS!!!! EVEN MIT DER ALLCAPS SHOUTING, YAH!!
@ Australian;
I do not really understand why you're accusing Americans (America being Canada, the United States, Mexico, and South American countries (just in case australian schools don't teach American geography)) of being unable to comprehend countries which include islands, such as Tasmania. The United States, I assume that was the country you meant by "americans", has several off-shore terriotories, such as Puerto Rico and Guam as well as an entire state seperated by a huge amount of ocean. I'll let you guess which state that is. What you need to understand is that every country is made up of people, like you, who don't bother to learn about another people's culture and then embaress their fellow country-people by making a quick, uninformed judgement. All I ask is that the next time a person commenting on Found doesn't bother to read the fine print about a find in New Zealand, you don't start slandering American Education Systems.
And...Michelle, we have a state that's separated from and attached to a whole other country. But still part of our country, man, it's so confusing.
I meant separated by. See, that's how confused I am about this stuff not attached, but still part of Americanexico.
Exactly Michelle: Why does everyone automatically assume Americans don't know their geography just because somebody on Found doesn't know the difference between New
Zealand and Australia?